Post-16 Transitions: a Longitudinal Study of Young People with ...

9. Reflections on the Past and Plans
for the Future
This chapter reports on young people’s and their parents’
views of the past, in particular, the period between leaving
school or completing Year 11, and the present time, and looks
forward to plans for the future.
9.1 Reflections on the past
Well over four-fifths of all young people surveyed felt that
things had gone well for them since they had completed Year
11 (see Figure 9:1). Over one-third of young people reported
that things had gone very well for them. Just over one in ten
young people, however, reported that things had not gone
very well for them since they had left school.
Most parents and carers tended to agree with young people on
this issue. Figure 9:2 illustrates parental views on a number of
statements regarding the young person’s activities since Year
11 and the outlook for their future. Almost three-quarters of all
parents and carers agreed that whatever the young person had
done since Year 11 had worked out well. Looking more closely
Figure 9:1: Young person’s reflections: how things have gone generally since leaving school
Not very well
8%
Not at all well
3%
Don't know
3%
Very well
35%
Fairly well
51%
Source: IES/MORI 2003
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